В числе интервьюируемых были Лора Буш, Розалин Картер, Барбара Буш, Реджи Лав, Рид Черлин, Сьюзан Форд, Фрэнк Рута, Бетти Финни, Эми Зэнцигер, Стивен Рошон, Рон Рейган, Клетус Кларк, Кэти Джонсон, Триша Никсон, Джулианна Смут, Кэти Маккормик Леливелд, Боб Скэнлан, Тони Савой, Нелсон Пирс, Кристин Лимерик, Уолтер Шайб, Скип Аллен, Ронн Пэйн, Ролан Менье и Уортингтон Уайт. В числе открытых источников были использованы Preston Bruce, From the Door of the White House (New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, a division of William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1984); Lillian Rogers Parks with Frances Spatz Leighton, My Thirty Years Backstairs at the WhiteHouse (New York: Ishi Press International, 1961); Faye Fiore, “Jacqueline Kennedy's Pink Hat Is a Missing Piece of History,” Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2011; Dominique Mann, “In Wake of New Film ‘The Butler,’ Black Ex – White House Staffers Reflect,”MSNBC.com, September 14, 2013; Hillary Rodham Clinton, interview of the first lady for House Beautiful, November 30, 1993, by Marian Burros, William J. Clinton Presidential Library; “Jacqueline Kennedy in the White House,” John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Sue Allison Massimiano, “Those Who Serve Those Who Serve,”Life, “The White House 1792–1992,” October 30, 1992; (FY) 2014 Congressional Budget Submission – the White House; Preston Bruces oral history is available at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Liz McNeil, “Jackie Kennedy: New Details of Her Heartbreak,” People, November 13, 2013; Carol D. Leonnig, “Secret Service Fumbled Response to 2011 Shooting,” Washington Post, September 28, 2014; Carol D. Leonnig,“White House Intruder Was Tackled by Off – Duty Secret Service Agent,” Washington Post, September 30, 2014; William Safire, “Inside the Bunker,” New York Times, September 13, 2001; Laura Bush, Spoken from the Heart (New York: Scribner, 2010); Letitia Baldrige, A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the AmericanEmbassies of Paris and Rome (New York: Viking Penguin, 2001); James Bennet, “Testing of a President: The Overview; Clinton Admits Lewinsky Liaison to Jury; Tells Nation ‘It Was Wrong, but Private,” New York Times, August 18, 1998; Courtney Thompson, “Obamas Called on Chicago Vendors for State Dinner Decor, Stage, and Lighting,” BizBash, December 2, 2009; Abigail Adams, “Letter to Her Daughter from the New White House,” White House Historical Association, November 21, 1800; White House Dimensions and Statistics, White House Historical Association; J. B. West with Mary Lynn Kotz, Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies (New York: Warner Books, 1973); Carl Cannon, “November 21, 1963,” Real Clear Politics, November 21, 2013; Claire Faulkner, “Ushers and Stewards Since 1800,” White House History: At Work in the White House: Journal of the White House Historical Association, 26; Robert Klara, The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 2013); William Seale, The President’s House, Volumes I and II (Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society, 1986); Katherine Skiba, “Chicagoans at Forefront of White House Holiday Decor,” Chicago Tribune, December 5, 2013; Walter Scheib and Andrew Friedman, White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen (Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007); Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld, First Lady’s Lady: With the Fords at the White House (New York: G. P. Putnam Sons, 1979); John and Claire Whitcomb, Real Life at the White House: 200 Years of Daily Life at America’s Most Famous Residence (New York: Routledge, 2002); William Seale, “Secret Spaces at the White House?” White House History: Special Spaces: Journal of the White House Historical Association, 29 (2011).